First Chemo

So I had my first chemo treatment on Monday... I really didn't know what to expect, but I suppose it's been harder than whatever my expectation was. It took about 6 hours to get all the drugs (which it won't be that long every week) and I had a reaction to the first chemo drug. It was a little scary, but I'm sure is a normal thing. My breathing got off and my whole body went weak.

I felt pretty good the first few days, but now I have been wiped out. It's been hard to read, drive, concentrate, or even sit through a dinner with friends. I suppose this will be normal and maybe I will be able to adapt to it. I've had some nausea, but not too bad. And I have meds to take for that (which, surprise, make me more drowsy). The part that's discouraging for me, is that I imagine I will get some energy back just in time for my next treatment on Monday.

On a funnier note, I saw a kid I know from church at dinner tonight. He's about 8 years old and I think he wanted to tell me that he knew about what was going on with me. So he said something along the lines of, "Didn't you get a lung taken out?" Haha, not exactly. Can you even live with one lung? At least he knew that whatever I had taken out, you have two of (some of us anyway). But it was so sweet that he would remember me and know that I had some medical stuff going on.